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X: 1 T:Orange in Bloom, Sherborne Q:120 M:6/8 L:1/8 A:Sherborne P:A(AB3)2(AC3)2A K:G P:A |:E>GE D<GA |B<dB A2B |G>EE D<GA |B<GG G3:| P:B B>AB/c/ d2B |A>GA B>cd|e>dB A>GA |B>AG E2D| E>GE D<GA |B<dB A2B |G>EE D<GA |B<GG G3|| P:C M:4/4 L:1/8 BABc d2B2 |AGA2 Bcd2|edB2 AGA2 |BAG2 E3D| M:6/8 E>GE D<GA |B<dB A2B |G>EE D<GA |B<GG G3||



ORANGE IN BLOOM. English, Morris Dance Tune (6/8 time 'A' and 'B' parts, 4/4 time for four measures of 'C' part then back to 6/8 for final four measures). E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC (Raven): AABBB (x4), AACCC (x4), AA (Bacon, Mallinson). Collected from the village of Sherborne, Gloucestershire, in England's Cotswolds. A waltz version of the tune ("Sherborne Waltz (The)" credited to Rod Stradling) was recorded by Martin Carthy, Norma Waterson, Eliza Carthy and Nancy Kerr on Topic TSCD475, "Waterson:Carthy" (1994).


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Printed sources : - Bacon (The Morris Ring), 1974; p. 282. Mallinson (Mally's Cotswold Morris Book), 1988; No. 7, p. 10. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 80.

Recorded sources : - Free Reed FRQCD 50, Ashley Hutchings - "Burning Bright: The Ashley Hutchings Story" (2005).

See also listing at :
See/hear the morris dance performed on youtube.com [1]
Hear/see the tune played on melodeon by Lester Bailey [2]



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